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Has Your Area Had Drought Relief This Winter?
2013-03-11 19:36:55| Beef
Cattlemen are sure an optimistic group. At every cattle sale Ive attended so far this winter, the prices of bulls and bred heifers have been stellar. Despite the worst drought weve seen in 50 years, it looks like ranchers are either confident its going to rain or have stockpiled enough roughage to get through another year. BEEF Daily read more
Cattle Herds Shrinking As Plains Storms Fail To End U.S. Drought
2013-03-11 18:18:00| Beef
Bloomberg Business Week Keith Kisling normally has 1,500 head of cattle on his land near the Oklahoma-Kansas border. Last years U.S. drought changed all that. For the first time in four decades as a farmer and rancher, he has none. read more
Cattle Herds Shrinking As Plains Storms Fail To End U.S. Drought
2013-03-11 18:18:00| Beef
Bloomberg Business Week Keith Kisling normally has 1,500 head of cattle on his land near the Oklahoma-Kansas border. Last years U.S. drought changed all that. For the first time in four decades as a farmer and rancher, he has none. read more
U.S. Drought Intensifies in Texas and Florida
2013-03-08 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Drought expanded in two key areas of the country last week -- Florida and West Texas -- where several weeks of low rainfall have allowed already dry conditions to intensify, according to an update to the U.S. Drought Monitor released Thursday. While much of the East Coast has seen heavy precipitation over the past two weeks, very little of that has extended into the Florida peninsula. According to the Drought Monitor, "abnormal dryness' pushed into all of southern Florida, while conditions of...
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$15.4 Billion in Indemnity Payments Sent to Farmers, Drought Continuing into 2013
2013-03-07 21:55:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: National Crop Insurance Services As the claims come in from one of the worst droughts in decades, farmers and ranchers across the country are receiving indemnity payments for the losses they have incurred. As of March 4, 2013, more than $15.4 billion has been sent to farmers. Farmers will invest more than $4.1 billion to purchase more than 1.2 million crop insurance policies. read more
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